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_aSchaum's outline of theory and problems of investments / _cJack Clark Francis, Richard W. Taylor. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aTheory and problems of investments |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aInvestments |
| 250 | _a2nd ed. | ||
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| 500 | _aIncludes index. | ||
| 505 | _aChapter 1 Money Market Securities 1.1 Money Markets 1.2 Markets Are Made by Dealers and Brokers 1.3 United States Treasury Bills 1.4 Banker's Acceptances, BAs 1.5 Federal Funds 1.6 Certificates of Deposit, CDs 1.7 Eurodollars 1.8 Commercial Paper 1.9 Repurchase Agreements, Repos Chapter 2 Common and Preferred Stock 2.1 Common Stock 2.2 The Corporation 2.3 Characteristics of Common Stocks 2.4 Preferred Stock 2.5 Common Stock Dividends and Splits Chapter 3 Corporate Bonds 3.1 Characteristics of Corporate Bond Issues 3.2 The Determinants of Corporate Bonds' Discount Rates 3.3 The Issuer's Financial Condition Chapter 4 The Time Value of Money 4.1 Compound Interest 4.2 Discounted Present Value 4.3 Annuities Chapter 5 U.S. Treasury, Agency and Related Bonds 5.1 Characteristics of Government Securities in the United States 5.2 The Marketability of Treasury Securities 5.3 Treasury Bills 5.4 Certificates of Indebtedness 5.5 Treasury Notes 5.6 Treasury Bonds 5.7 Newspaper Price Quotations for Treasury Securities 5.8 Different Bond Rate of Return Measures 5.9 Special Issues 5.10 Agency Securities 5.11 Zero Coupon Bonds Chapter 6 Municipal Bonds 6.1 Municipal Securities Defined 6.2 Insured Municipal Bond Issues 6.3 Default Risk Analysis for Municipal Bonds Chapter 7 Issuing and Trading Sercurities 7.1 Investment Bankers Make Primary Markets 7.2 Primary and Secondary Markets Contrasted 7.3 Organized Securities Exchanges Chapter 8 Secondary Security Markets 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Over-the-Counter Markets 8.3 Trading Arrangements 8.4 Full and Discount Brokerage Services and Online Trading 8.5 Specialty Brokerage Services Chapter 9 Federal Investments Regulations 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 9.3 The Securities Act of 1933 9.4 The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 9.5 The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 9.6 The Maloney Act of 1938 9.7 The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 9.8 The Investment Company Act of 1940 9.9 The Investment Advisors Act of 1940 9.10 The Real Estate Investment Trust Act of 1960 9.11 The Securities Investor Protection Corporation Act of 1970 9.12 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 9.13 Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 9.14 The Securities Reform Act of 1975 9.15 The Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 9.16 The National Bankruptcy Laws Chapter 10 Security Market Indexes 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Different Averages and Indexes Exist 10.3 The Construction of Indexes 10.4 Maintenance Problems with Security Market Indexes 10.5 Contrasting Different Market Indicators 10.6 The Naïve Buy-and-Hold Strategy 10.7 Comparing Investment Alternatives Chapter 11 Analysis of Financial Statements 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Financial Ratios 11.3 Interpretation of Ratios 11.4 Problems with Financial Statement Analysis Chapter 12 Short Positions, Hedging, and Arbitrage 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Long and Short Positions 12.3 Hedged Positions 12.4 Arbitrage 12.5 Differing Motivations for Short Selling Chapter 13 Total Risk and Risk Factors 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Default Risk 13.3 The Interest-Rate Risk Factor 13.4 Purchasing Power Risk Chapter 14 Bond Valuation 14.1 Bond Values 14.2 Bond Duration Chapter 15 Bond Portfolio Management 15.1 The Level of Market Interest Rates 15.2 Yield Spreads 15.3 Term Structure of Interest-Rate Theories 15.4 Bond Portfolio Immunization Chapter 16 Common Stock Valuation 16.1 Present Value of Cash Dividends 16.2 Earnings Approach 16.3 Value versus Price Chapter 17 Technical Analysis 17.1 The Concept 17.2 Types of Charts 17.3 Dow Theory 17.4 Relative Strength 17.5 Contrary Opinion 17.6 Moving Average 17.7 The Confidence Index 17.8 Trading Volume 17.9 Breadth of Market Chapter 18 Efficient Markets Theory 18.1 The Random Walk Theory 18.2 Levels of Market Efficiency 18.3 Anomalies Chapter 19 Futures 19.1 Commodities 19.2 The Futures Contract 19.3 Hedging with Commodities 19.4 Speculation with Commodities 19.5 Interest-Rate Futures 19.6 Stock Index Futures 19.7 Foreign Currency Futures Chapter 20 Put and Call Options I 20.1 Options 20.2 Call Options 20.3 Put Options 20.4 Combinations 20.5 Options on Indexes 20.6 Options on Futures Chapter 21 Put and Call Options II 21.1 The Black-Scholes Formula 21.2 Using Put-Call Parity 21.3 Equity as a Call Option Chapter 22 Portfolio Analysis 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Covariance of Returns 22.3 Correlation 22.4 Portfolio Return 22.5 Portfolio Standard Deviation 22.6 Two-Asset Case 22.7 Efficient Frontier (EF) 22.8 Optimum Portfolio Chapter 23 Capital Market Theory 23.1 Capital Market Line (CML) 23.2 Simple Diversification Reduces Risk 23.3 Characteristic Line 23.4 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Chapter 24 Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) 24.1 The Law of One Price 24.2 Arbitrage Pricing for One Factor 24.3 Two-Factor Arbitrage Pricing 24.4 Multifactor Arbitrage Pricing Chapter 25 Portfolio Performance Evaluation 25.1 Mutual Funds 25.2 Geometric Mean Return 25.3 Sharpe's Performance Measure 25.4 Treynor's Performance Measure 25.5 Jensen's Performance Measure 25.6 Comparison of Performance Measures 25.7 Future Investment Value Chapter 26 International Investing 26.1 Introduction 26.2 International Diversification 26.3 Foreign Exchange Risk Appendix A: Present Value of $1 Appendix B: Future Value of $1 Appendix C: Present Value of an Annuity of $1 Appendix D: Future Value of an Annuity of $1 Index | ||
| 520 | _aInvestment courses are in demand by 800,000 business majors and lifelong learners in non-degree programs every year. Schaum's Outline of Investments, Second Edition, presents this authoritative learning guide to the decade's hottest topicmaking money grow. Contains clear and concise explanations of investment principles, contemporary investment strategies, and international markets. Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. | ||
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